History QuirkyMiniBossSquad / AnimeAndManga

** The Ginyu Force get [[UpToEleven even quirkier]] in ''WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged''.

* ''{{Berserk}}'' has two: The Bakiraka from the Golden Age arc, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]] who are ordered to stop the FiveManBand and the group of deformed torturers from the Albion arc, who are [[ImprobableWeaponUser Improbable Weapon Users]] who receive demonic powers and are completely devoted to Mozgus, the BigBad of that arc. The Bakiraka are killed by Guts and co while Guts completely defeats the torturers [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome by himself.]]

*** All the other guilds' teams against FairyTail, most notably Sabertooth (Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga and Minerva) and Raven Tail (Alexei, Obra, Flare, Hurohebi and Nalpudding), in the [[TournamentArc "Grand Magic Games"]] arc.

* The Numbers [[SuperSoldier Combat Cyborgs]] of [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS''.

** In a way, the [[spoiler: resurrected Jinchuuriki and their Bijuus are this - the Bijuus have their own quirky personalities, their Jinchuurikis followed the BigBad into the battlefield, and they perform a group HeelFaceTurn once released from the Edo Tensei.]]

* The officers of Millennium in ''{{Hellsing}}'' are this, consisting of a ColdSniper, a [[MindRape mind raping]] MasterOfIllusion and a few {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. [[TheDragon The]][[BigBadassWolf Captain]] is the FinalBoss.

*** All the other guilds' teams against FairyTail, most notably Sabertooth (Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga and Minerva) and Raven Tail (Alexei, Obra, Flare, Hurohebi and Nalpudding), in the [[TournamentArc "Grand Magic Games"]] arc

** More correctly, every arc from the Lullaby arc and forward actually has a QuirkyMinibossSquad.
*** Karacke, Rayule, Byard and Kageyama from Eisenwald in the Lullaby arc.
*** Yuuka, Toby and Sherry from Lamia Scale in the Galuna Island arc.
*** Element Four (Juvia, Totomaru, Sol and Aria) in the Phantom Lord arc.
*** Firstly Erza's childhood friends (Wally, Millianna, Simon and Shou), then Trinity Raven (Fukurou, Ikaruga and Vivaldus) in the Tower of Paradise arc.
*** Raijinshu (Evergreen, Bickslow and Fried) in the Fighting Festival arc.
*** Oracion Seis except for their leader (Angel, Racer, Hoteye, Midnight and Cobra) in the Nirvana arc.
*** The Royal Army (Pantherlily, Knightwalker, Hughes, Sugarboy and Byro) in the Edolas arc.
*** The Seven Kin of Purgatory (Ultear, Zancrow, Kain, Azuma, Rustyrose, Meredy and Zoldeo) in the S-Class Trial arc.

* The Homunculi in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' beneath "Father" (in the manga) or [[spoiler:Dante]] (in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the anime]]). Going a step below that, one of the Homunculi, Greed, has his very own ''mini''-miniboss squad with his chimera henchmen (and henchwoman).

*** Lampshaded and parodied in the ''Lord Slug Abridged'' movie; when Piccolo comes face-to-face with Slug's three top henchmen, he casually asks them what their gimmick is, noting that the last bunch he fought (in ''Christmas Tree of Might'') were all misfit minions. His bored reaction as they list their gimmicks makes it plain he's seen it ''all'' before. Then again in Cooler Abridged.

* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' had the [[FiveBadBand Five Evil Legendary Warriors]], henchmen of [[spoiler: [[DiscOneFinalBoss the first]]]] [[BigBad Cherubimon]]. Oh, what a distraction they were, until the [[spoiler: [[InvincibleVillain Royal Knights]]]] show up.

* ''ShamanKing'''s Lily Five team, though they turned out to be [[GoodAllAlong goog guys]]. There were also Hao's minions. Despite having such members as a mariachi and a football player, they were all legitimately dangerous. It ends up being quite surprising when members who were closer to mook status turn out to have been [[HeroKiller Hero Killers]] who had been holding back. ''Especially'' the mariachi.

* ''ShamanKing'''s Lily Five team. There were also Hao's minions. Despite having such members as a mariachi and a football player, they were all legitimately dangerous. It ends up being quite surprising when members who were closer to mook status turn out to have been [[HeroKiller Hero Killers]] who had been holding back. ''Especially'' the mariachi.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' (including the seven spinoffs) has a cadre of mid-level badguys every plot line, one of which usually ends up becoming TheDragon or are led by the dragon. This series has the Dark Five, later the Seeds of Darkness, and then the Four Guardians in the Sequel.

** ''FreshPrettyCure'' has the Labyrinth agents.

** ''SmilePrettyCure'' has the Bad End Generals plus Joker.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' (including the seven spinoffs) has a cadre of mid-level badguys every plot line, one of which usually ends up becoming TheDragon or are led by the dragon. This series has the Dark Five, later the Seeds of Darkness, and then the Four Guardians in TheSequel.

** ''YesPrettyCure5'' has two groups of employees of Nightmare, and the employees of Eternal in the sequel.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' (including the seven spinoffs) has a cadre of mid-level badguys every plot line, one of which usually ends up becoming TheDragon or are led by the dragon.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' (including spinoffs ''[[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash* Star]]'' and ''YesPrecure5'') has a cadre of mid-level badguys every plot line, one of which usually ends up becoming TheDragon.

* The officers of Millenium in ''{{Hellsing}}'' are this, consisting of a ColdSniper, a [[MindRape mind raping]] MasterOfIllusion and a few EldritchAbominations. Argubly, [[TheDragon the]][[BigBadassWolf Captain]] is the FinalBoss.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', almost all Gotei 13 squads introduced in the Soul Society arc fall under this trope, but in terms of pure, utter quirkiness, the 11th squad stands on top.
** Another example pops up later on with the former Espada Nel Tu and her Fraccion. Extenuating circumstances involving another Espada transformed Nel into a little girl and she fled along with her Fraccion to live in the desert outside Aizen's keep, where they formed a little miniboss squad with a Hollow worm thing that they adopted as a pet, complete with [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss1.jpg a team pose]] and a quirky name, though they can't [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss2.jpg actually]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss3.jpg decide]] on a name between them.
** A few of the Espada each have their own Quirky Miniboss Squad, particularly Grimmjow, Harribel, and Baraggan.
** The Stern Ritter is looking to be this to the Vandenreich emperor.
** Yet another one appears in the Royal Guard, a.k.a. [[spoiler:Squad Zero, although not technically part of the Gotei 13]].
** ''Bleach'' also has Ichigo's sisters' {{Sentai}} squad, the "Karakura Superheroes" (who similarly can't seem to decide on the colors), and it appears that Kon and the three new modsouls from the Bount arc have formed yet another. That makes almost 20 quirky miniboss squads; ''Bleach,'' after all, has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', almost all Gotei 13 squads introduced in the Soul Society arc fall under this trope, but essentially, in terms of pure, utter quirkiness, the 11th squad stands on top.
** Another example pops up later on with the former Espada, Nel Tu and her Fraccion. Extenuating circumstances involving another Espada transformed Nel into a little girl and she fled along with her Fraccion to live in the desert outside Aizen's keep, where they formed a little miniboss squad with a Hollow worm thing that they adopted as a pet, complete with [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss1.jpg a team pose]] and a quirky name, though they can't [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss2.jpg actually]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/lionheart/Miniboss3.jpg decide]] on a name between them.
** ''Bleach'' also has Ichigo's sisters' {{Sentai}} squad, the "Karakura Superheroes" (who similarly can't seem to decide on the colors), and it appears that Kon and the three new modsouls from the Bount arc have formed yet another. That makes 16 quirky miniboss squads; ''Bleach,'' after all, has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters..

* The Stern Ritter is looking to be this to the Vandenreich emperor.

* The officers of Millenium in ''{{Hellsing}}'' are this, consisting of a ColdSniper, a [[MindRape mind raping]] MasterOfIllusion that is a CompleteMonster and a few EldritchAbominations. Argubly, [[TheDragon the]][[BigBadassWolf Captain]] is the FinalBoss.

* The officers of Millenium in ''{{Hellsing}}'' are this, consisting of a ColdSniper, a [[MindRape mind raping]] CompleteMonster and EldritchAbominations. Argubly, [[TheDragon the]][[BigBadassWolf Captain]] is the FinalBoss.

* The officers of Millenium ''{{Hellsing}}'' are this. Argubly, the Captain is the Final Boss.

* The "Dreaded" Ginyu Force from ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', as seen in the page image. To be fair, before Goku comes along and shows them that MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours, they don't have much trouble trouncing the rest of the group.

* The Juppongatana in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', almost all of whom have some underlying motive for helping Shishio and tragic back stories. The Six Comrades from later in the manga, however, are just [[PsychoForHire Pyschos For Hire]].

* The bounty hunters in the "Greenback Jane" arc in ''BlackLagoon''.

* The Homunculi in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' beneath "Father" (in the manga) or [[spoiler:Dante]] (in the anime). Going a step below that, one of the Homunculi, Greed, has his very own ''mini''-miniboss squad with his chimera henchmen (and henchwoman).